Telegraph gone to the dogs
 

In a story about Typhoons supersonic overland, the DT excelled itself..
and in case you were struggling with the concept of a "sonic boom", here's the Telegraph to the rescue:

I agree that the Telegraph has 'gone to the dogs'. They seem to be competing with the Mail. The actual news content seems pretty limited these days and it's full of speculative drivel. I refuse to read the Times on line - but occasionally but a copy. Much more content quite frankly.

I don't know if anyone here uses SkyDemon but they spell Coningsby with the extra 'n' as well. Most peculiar.

It's just a reflection of the continuing downturn in the educational standards of English as a subject in this once great land.

The Times iPad edition has used a nice picture of a Tornado to illustrate the article.

I gave up the Telegraph last year when large areas of the front page were given over, on an almost daily basis, to pictures of pretty but irrelevant ladies. "Duchess of Cambridge Chats with Camilla at Ascot" etc. One is a bit prettier than the other but front page material in formerly serious newspaper it aint

It was getting a bit like Hello with longer sentences!

Or Thomas Harding with his Typhoons at Stanley. He is getting worse than Teddy Donaldson for spewing out rubbish.

Swathes is the more generally accepted spelling, although 'swaths' is not wrong.

Two jets, two booms, surely?

Apostrophes wrongly placed.

Switched to the correct what? 'One' is unqualified.

Incorrect order of dependent clause.

I can't even be bothered to go on reading it. This is an utter disgrace to a so-called quality newspaper.

Furthermore, ITV this morning showed a graphic of shockwaves around an aircraft propagating in all directions, including forward of the aeroplane. :ugh:

My pomposity detector has blown a fuse reading this thread! :p

Lack of sub-editing due to massive staff cuts is a feature of most print media and conflated with the lack of grammar teaching in schools, we're left with this parlous situation.

Moreover there is a disturbing trend in the Telegraph of simply stitching press releases together before the event and disguise it as reporting. Here's an example:
Furthermore, few media organisations can have the luxury of dedicated defence teams - a downward trend commencing over 20 years ago. Often defence stories are reported on by the 'World Affairs team' or regional correspondents - often reporting for a number of news agencies.

Although embedding journalists with 'front line' military units is a relatively new phenomena and one that perhaps should be applauded, understandably they only give a view down a microscope. This has had the unintended consequence of making soliders appear to be the vicitms, but wider issues of conflict, defence and security are not really addressed.

I wonder who will pick up the bill for the inevitable conservatory that broke or the irreplaceable china plate that just fell off the wall.

In the case of the latter the tax payer should replace the plate and not give the cash. May be a nice seconds from Royal Worcester :}

It's not known by some as the Maily Telegraph for nothing. It went to the dogs about 5 or 6 years ago. I can't bear to read it anymore. The only sensible option is the Times (the least bad option).

LM, please check PM's.

HB

The Telegraph joins most media outlets for getting facts wrong. Was watching BBC south east the other day about a Mk1 spitfire that has been restored. The archive footage that went with the report was very interesting, except all along it was suggested that it was of a Spitfire. In fact it was a formation of Jets (meatballs), a Hurricane and a nice head on clip of some Typhoons (the first type). But who cares, the great unwashed only need to see a black and white clip of aeroplanes to pad out the report!
(cant find it on iplayer, will keep looking)